Summary
Naz Hartoonian is a game producer and researcher with nine years of experience crafting narrative-driven experiences and coordinating cross-disciplinary teams, currently contributing to Diablo IV at Blizzard Entertainment. With an MS in Informatics from UC Irvine and a background in economics, she blends academic rigor—having researched gender, performance, and mental health representation in horror games—with hands-on production skills in tools like Trello and Slack. She has led production pipelines for indie and studio projects, streamlined game design documentation, and run play-centered participant studies to inform design. Passionate about stories featuring brave women and charming animal protagonists, she brings a rare mix of scholarly insight and practical project management to shipping emotionally resonant games.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Irvine
English, Armenian, Persian